MIAMI (Ticker) -- It took the Dallas Mavericks 10 years to win
in Miami. It took the Heat one game to realize how much they
are going to miss Eddie Jones.

Michael Finley and Dirk Nowitzki made clutch 3-pointers down the
stretch and the Mavericks defeated the Heat, 93-86, for their
first win in Miami since 1991.

In less than two minutes, the outside shooting of Finley and
Nowitzki turned a one-point game into an 86-78 cushion with 3:24
remaining. Steve Nash made 5-of-6 free throws in the final 90
seconds and Dallas held on, ending a 10-game skid here dating to
December 10, 1991.

"I don't really think about that anymore," said Mavericks coach
Don Nelson, whose team has not made the playoffs since 1990. "I
just think about this year. I don't think teams think about
history very much. We have a sense of history, I do know about
that."

Nowitzki scored 29 points, Nash added 19 and Finley and Juwan
Howard had 16 apiece for the Mavs, who gained a split of their
two-game Florida swing and have won seven of the last 10 games.

While Finley was bombing away, Miami could have used Jones, a
solid two-way guard who is out at least 10 days and likely much
longer with a dislocated left shoulder suffered Monday against
Detroit.

"They miss his presence out there," said Mavericks forward Juwan
Howard. "He is a guy who is a versatile guard who can defend as
well. He's been a big force for them on both sides of the court
and they'll miss him."

"I don't think that it affected us," countered Heat coach Pat
Riley. "We just ran into a very talented team."

The Heat also missed Jones' team-leading 18.7 points per game.
Dan Majerle started for him and managed three points on 1-of-7
shooting, also struggling on defense.

"I made my first one," Majerle said. "Then I missed some shots
I should have made. It was just one of those games."

Anthony Mason had 25 points and 15 rebounds for Miami, which had
a three-game winning streak snapped and was swept by Dallas for
the first time since the 1989-90 season.

The Mavs squandered an early 12-point lead and led just 67-66
entering the fourth quarter. They took the lead for good at
75-74 on a basket by Nash with 6:56 remaining.

Dallas still was clinging to a 77-76 lead when Finley launched a
3-pointer from the right sideline with 5:16 to go. After a dunk
by Mason, Nowitzki beat the shot clock with a 3-pointer for an
83-78 lead at the four-minute mark.

"If you look at his shots tonight, it wasn't like he was
breaking down people and then putting up 3-pointers," Miami
forward Bruce Bowen said. "He was spotting up in the corner. It
was a total lapse on our behalf trying to find him."

Mason missed a hook and Finley made Miami pay with another shot
from the arc for an eight-point lead. The Heat got no closer
than five points thereafter.

Mavs 7-6 center Shawn Bradley was a presence with 14 rebounds
and nine blocks. Dallas shot 54.5 percent (36-of-66) from the
field, including 7-of-14 from the arc, and held Miami to 43
percent (38-of-88) and 4-of-13 from 3-point range.

"That was a pressure situation and don't think the beads of
perspiration weren't forming on my brow because I needed Shawn
in there to guard the rim," Nelson said.

Brian Grant scored 23 points and Bowen added 16 for the Heat.
However, they combined with Mason to account for all but 22 of
Miami's points. Guard Tim Hardaway shot 1-of-9 for five points.